. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 560 The American Florist. Oct. 7, Orchids are being prominently dis- played and arranged in the high class work, some very beautiful blooms of Cattleya labiata and sprays of Onci- dium varicosum Rogersli are to be found in all the stores ^nd add greatly to the season's assortment. Lily of the valley of unsurpassed quality is one of the flowers always on hand and retains its popularity for all purposes. Chrysanthemums are now to be seen at all the stores, Golden Glow is as yet the only yellow, but October Frost as
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 560 The American Florist. Oct. 7, Orchids are being prominently dis- played and arranged in the high class work, some very beautiful blooms of Cattleya labiata and sprays of Onci- dium varicosum Rogersli are to be found in all the stores ^nd add greatly to the season's assortment. Lily of the valley of unsurpassed quality is one of the flowers always on hand and retains its popularity for all purposes. Chrysanthemums are now to be seen at all the stores, Golden Glow is as yet the only yellow, but October Frost as well as Smith's Advance are of- fered in white, the former being the favorite. Lilium giganteum of excel- lent quality are the mainstay for large funeral and decorative work. Cosmos in long sprays make an effective dis- play, both in the pink and white shades. Violets are to be seen but they are as yet far from being first class, the bunches as well as the flow- ers being small. A few sweet peas are seen but not of the best quahty. Dahlias, while not as good as they have been seen in some years, are dis- played to great advantage and are used extensively in decorations, bas- kets and designs. Gladiolus are still shown and some extra fine spikes are noticed at the prominent stores. Of other outside flowers there are gail- lardias, calendulas, heleniums and tri- tomas which supply a variety of high colors. Much of this stock has been used in the large decorations at the department store openings. All the stores are supplied with a fine assortment of ferns, the different varieties of nephrolepis as well as smaller ferns and a fine array of the china fern dishes, as well as palms, dracaenas and other decorative stock. Some finely grown celosias were no- ticed at on? of the stores. The French baskets are used extensively and beau- tiful arrangements of these are seen and are very attractive to the custo- mer, and colonial bouquets are also a feature in the windows and on the counter
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